In continuation of the first funding
period the coordination project is the anchor point for all project
parts, external collaborators, and participating universities. P01
provides the necessary organizational infrastructure for the consortium
and assures the best possible setting for the scientific and
non-scientific agenda of the SFB LIPOTOX.

The coordination team is responsible for
all administrational, legal, and financial aspects, public relations
work, organization of meetings, seminars and events, and for the
support of the international exchange of scientists. Furthermore, this
project part ensures that the consortium has appropriate access to
highly specialized instrumentation and expertise via technology
platforms. The proteomics and the lipidomics platforms, a microarray
& bioinformatics platform, the platform for morphological and
pathological analysis, as well as the mouse model platform for
transgenic and knockout mouse models became indispensable to LIPOTOX
research during the first funding period. A well-equipped microscopy
platform has now been added.

Internal Contributions to the
Technology Platforms

P02/Zechner:
Generation and characterization of transgenic and knockout mice.